Fitness tips

The best exercises you can do for your legs and calves, with tips for getting the best results and avoiding injuries.

Abdomen (abs) Tricky body part, the most problematic body part, everyone wants good abs. The abdomen is the long muscle of your stomach. People think it consists of 6 different parts, hence the term six-pack, but this isn’t the case, that is just the way the muscle is shaped. Remember no matter how hard you work … Read more

Outlined here is what I believe to be important and often overlooked aspects of weight training. Breathing: Breathing is very important when performing lifts especially for the beginner and when lifting heavy weights. It fills you with oxygen at the right moment and helps you to complete the exercise using proper form. The general “rule” … Read more

Who would have thought that one of our favorite past times as a child would turn out to be a highly effective full body workout? Hula hooping for exercise is one of the latest fitness crazes – the hashtag #weightedhulahoop has racked up more than 186M views to date. Hula hoops have been around for … Read more

Are you looking for a way to burn fat quickly? You will be amazed at what you can achieve if you opt for something like Craig Ballantyne’s Turbulence Training Exercise E-Book program. By adding lean muscle mass with intense resistance training, rather than going for the best cardio workout at home, your metabolism will be … Read more

Are you concerned about your weight and cholesterol levels? Most of us can need to do some work in these areas and it isn’t always easy to know what is the best approach. Everybody talks about the best cardio workout program at home, but far fewer folks consider the importance of weight training. The best … Read more

Right. This is an excellent question. Fat loss experts know that you can either set yourself up for success or for failure, depending on your planning or lack thereof. With the right action steps in place, your fat loss and strength building plan can become a super-body-in-a-swim-suit success story. Let’s look at five easy success-building … Read more

Did you notice that one theme on The Biggest Loser was how important it is to identify your reason to lose weight? There are many reasons to lose weight, as I was reminded last night. During the competition, people at the ranch definitely were in it for their families. Having a toddler myself, I found … Read more

I would bet that less than 10% of people who start any weight loss program, reach their goals and/or finish their challenge. But most go into a diet, program or challenge with energy, enthusiasm. “I’m gonna do it! Nothing can stop me!” they boast. They set their intentions, plan and make their meals, get into … Read more

Other than keeping our bodies fit, you can exercise your eyes as well. Our eyes need regular exercise in order to keep them healthy and help minimize eyestrain. It’s more important to do the exercises regularly than to do them for a long time. Even 30 – 60 seconds of eye movement every hour is … Read more

If you’re doing any intense work outs, you’re putting your body under stress. The stress hormone cortisol, which is responsible for fat storage, is secreted in high amounts as a result. This hormone can cause your body to use muscle tissue for energy. This is where phosphatidylserine comes in – it blocks its secretion. This allows you … Read more

Lots of famous celebs like Jennifer Aniston practice yoga on a regular basis, so it must be helping them to burn the belly fat right? Well, kind of, but not really as much as you’d think. Unfortunately, if you’re looking for a quick way to burn away that belly fat, then yoga isn’t the answer. … Read more